Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 64,630, settled in 1890.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fulshear grades A overall, 12th among Texas's 640 graded towns. The median household earns $187K. It is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns and it reports less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $502K, 6.1 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. 75% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Fulshear, where Texas’ towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 29%. The biggest park or preserve is Flewellen Creek Park, at 55 acres.
Where Fulshear beats most towns.
1,134 counted in 2010 and 16,856 in 2020; an estimated 64,630 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 297.3% since 2020, after 1,386.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Fulshear is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 13%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 300 in 1930, a low of 100 in 1940, 16,856 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1955 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fulshear, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Fulshear.
Fulshear has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly inland flooding) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas.
At 6.1 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income, the typical home (about $502K) costs more against local pay than in 90% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
90% of Fulshear households own their home. The typical Fulshear home is worth about $502,000, down 3.1% in a year, 69% above the Texas typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $502K.
Its public schools are run by Lamar CISD. Three of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Leaman JHLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 2,888 | A |
| Fulshear H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,401 | A |
| Adams J HTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,963 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 8.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 1,204 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fulshear’s, it is healthier than 54%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
9.2% of adults report frequent physical distress in Fulshear. Fulshear beats the Texas average on 19 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Fulshear.
| Fulshear | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Fulshear | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.9% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 12 reported in 2025, 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
Fulshear’s property crime rate is 2.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Fulshear | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Fulshear has 2,136 jobs for its 8,551 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 37.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Fulshear for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Fulshear is 38 minutes. Jobs based in Fulshear grew to 2,136 in 2023, 1,559 more than in 2013.
| Fulshear | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 38 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $187,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $95 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1983, 29 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fulshear.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 43.2°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 94.3°.
Fulshear has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Fulshear | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 43°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Fulshear | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flewellen Creek Park | 0.3 mi | 55 |
| 2. Arbor Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
| 3. Pecan Ridge Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fulshear. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
30 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
32 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
32 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaTDECU StadiumReliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Daikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Rothko Chapel: Unknown, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TDECU Stadium: Brian Reading, CC BY-SA 4.0
None within 15 miles of Fulshear; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Fulshear residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Where Fulshear’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 notable people were born in Fulshear.
City in Texas, United States
Fulshear ( FUUL-shər) is a city in northwestern Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, and is located on the western edge of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The population was 16,856 as of the 2020 census, and according to 2025 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 64,630.
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One town shares a border with Fulshear.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Fulshear grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #12 of 640 in Texas. It grades A+ for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
3 notable people were born here, including Forrest Frank and Andrew Marsh.
